In theory but I don't know withot buying a IPkvm or something similar
On 4/28/09, Mark Phillips <m...@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions. Newegg advertised that all the NICS I mentioned > are Linux 2.4/2.6 compatible.....for what that is worth! ;-) I will look > into chip sets as well. Both machines have run Debian before....the PIII is > a Windows box....it would be more fun to format the drive and install > Linux....one less Windows installation in the world....;-) > > Now to find the time to do all of this...... > > The PII (and PIII) are both headless now. Is there a way to install IPcop or > smoothwall over a network without a keyboard or monitor attached to the > target machine? > > Mark > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net> wrote: > >> I'd use the PII as well. You might need a little more ram if you're >> going to run snort or dan's guardian. Otherwise, it'd be fine. >> >> I've used many TrendNet gigabit cards, all worked fine. Most (if not >> all) gigabit cards I've seen use the RTL8169 chip, which most linuxes >> (and IPCop) support. I expect smoothwall would too. >> >> Mark Phillips wrote: >> > Thank-you all for your suggestions. I am intrigued with IPcop or >> > smoothwall on an old PC. >> > >> > As it happens, I have an old PIII and PII that I could use. The PIII is >> > a Dell Dimension XPS T500 with an 800 MHz CPU 512 MB RAM, and the PII is >> > a Dell Dimension XPS H266 128 MB and 266Mhz CPU. Which one should I use >> > as a router? >> > >> > I looked on Newegg,and found these NICS - anyone have any experience >> > with them? >> > >> > Rosewill RC-400 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI V2.2, 32/64-bit, 33/66MHz >> > Networking LAN Card With Heatsink & 4 LED indicators - on sale $14.99 >> > >> > TRENDnet TEG-PCITXR 10/ 100/ 1000/ 2000Mbps PCI Copper Gigabit Network >> > Adapter - $11.99 >> > >> > HAWKING HGA32T 10/ 20/ 100/ 200/ 1000/ 2000Mbps PCI Gigabit Ethernet >> > Adapter - Retail $16.99 >> > >> > Rosewill RC-411 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI-Express Network Adapter - Retail >> > on sale $14.99 >> > Thanks! >> > Mark >> > >> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Matthew A Coulliette >> > <matthew...@cox.net <mailto:matthew...@cox.net>> wrote: >> > >> > I am currently building a smoothwall router out of an old pc. >> Smoothwall >> > is a great piece of software. I have 8 computers so turning an old >> one >> > into a router didn't bother me. It has a web interface for >> > administration, and can be set up with up to 4 zones: red - www, >> orange >> > - DMZ (web server), purple - wireless, and green - LAN. For most >> people >> > I would say that this option is more hassle than it's worth, but for >> > myself it is just what I was looking for. - MatthewMPP >> > >> > >> > Technomage wrote: >> > > Alex, >> > > yes, you can (U have done so in real time here). Also, you can >> > isolate >> > > that firewall bridge from every other VM on the >> > > host without much difficulty (thus preventing one of the >> > scenarios that >> > > would develop should you misconfigure the >> > > internal bridge). >> > > >> > > also, to put this in some perspective, me and a friend were doing >> > this >> > > level of Virtual Machine work long before >> > > any of the white papers were ever written. He's the one that >> > clued me in >> > > to how this was done and we both ended up >> > > doing a live running test under vmware server for Linux at the >> time. >> > > >> > > >> > > Alex Dean wrote: >> > > >> > >> On Apr 27, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: >> > >> >> > >> >> > >>> Mark, >> > >>> >> > >>> I have a couple old e-machines that I made into IPCop >> > firewall/routers, >> > >>> and have been decommissioned for a while (they were >> virtualized). >> > >>> >> > >> Do you mean you virtualized your firewall? Doesn't that create >> > a risk >> > >> that other VMs on the same hardware host might be exposed to >> nasty >> > >> stuff which arrives at the firewall? I'm recalling Austin's >> > talk >> on >> > >> VMs & security from a year or two ago. >> > >> >> > >> If I've misunderstood your statement, please disregard. >> > >> >> > >> alex >> > >> >> > > >> > > --------------------------------------------------- >> > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > <mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> >> > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > >> > > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > <mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> -Eric 'shubes' >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > -- Sent from my mobile device A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. 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